Car-window.



No. 833,132. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906. F. P. HA DEGD.

K. HARP, AD STRATRIX.

GAR WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI'I. 1903.

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K. HARP, ADMINISTRATEIX.

GAR WINDOW. APPLICATION FILED JULY17, 190s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. HARP, OF OOLLINWVOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT A. BOWERS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO;

TRATRIX OF SAID FRANKv KATE HARP ADMIN IS- P. HARP, DEOEA SED.

CAR-WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'O'ct. 9, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. HARP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Collinwood, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oar-Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to means for balancing window-sashes, especially those of carwindows, and has for its general object the provision of means for this purpose which shall combine simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction with efficiency in operation. More particularly its object is the application of asash-balance to the double windows such as are in ordinary use on Pullman cars without the necessity for other than slight changes in the construction thereof.

The invention may be defined generally as consisting of the details of construction set out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my window Fig. 2, a detail sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation with parts broken away of one of the spring-balances, showing its mode of attachment to the window; Fig. 4, a sectional detail taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detail plan View of the upper spring-balance shown in Fig. 3 Fig. 6, a detail view showing one of the arms by which the sashesare attached to their respective spring-balances, and Fig. 7 a detail view of a portion of the parting-strip.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the window, which, as shown, has three sashesB, O, and D. Of these sashes the first two are the sliding or movable sashes, adapted to be raised or lowered, and the last is the stationary upper sash usual t In order to balance the weight of the l sashes B C, I employ two sets of-spring-balances, one on each side of the Window. Each set includes two spring-reels which are of ordinary construction; but they are com bined with each other and with the Window in a new Way, which will now be pointed out. As these sets of balances are identical in construction and operation and in their that have hitherto ment of such spring-balances with car-win- 6o manner of attachment to their respective sides of the window-sashes, it will be necessary 5 5 to describe but one set in detail, the one on the left-hand side of the window being selected for such purpose. The difliculties existed in the employdo'ws are, first, the thinness of the vertical posts or jambs F, which prevents the insertion of the balances within said posts or jambs without materially weakening the same, it being vital that,.as said posts or jambs support the roof of the car their strength should not be impaired; second, in the event of any of the balances becoming deranged (an event which is liable to occur frequently in actual service) it is inconven 7o ient to obtain access to said balances in order to repair or renew the same. With the construction of window shown in the drawings and the balances inserted into the jambs it would be necessary to remove the paneling K and the windows before access could be had tothe balances. To. obviate these difliculties, I have located said balances interiorly of the jambs or posts F and have constructed and combined them with the window as follows: A casing E' is adapted to be secured to the parting-bead G between the sashes B and O in any suitable manner,

as by screws, so as project outward from said parting-bead into the window-opening. 8 5 In this casing the two spring-reels e e are rotatively mounted one above theother, but with the periphery of the upper reel extending nearer to the parting-strip than the periphery of the lower reel. The partingo strip consists of two portions, a solid portion or stop 9 and an angular hollow portion 9, the latter being secured at its upper end to the casing E, as by a bolt 9, and at its lower end to the solid portion, as by means of a 5 strap 9 The portion gof the hollow partingstrip carries the pulleys e e, which project into the window-space. This construction is advantageous not only where two sliding sashes B O are employed, but also as is the case with carwindows in ordinary daycoaches, where a single sliding sash, as O, is present. constitutes a stop In order to apply said pulley or pulleys to the window, it is only necessary to screw the stop to the window-jamb. If necessary to remove either of the pulleys for the purpose of repairing or renewing the same, it is only necessary to remo ve the stop, whereupon convenient access may be had to the pulley-frame and pulleys.

On the outer periphery of each of the'reels is secured a flexible band a? e, by means of which, in conjunction with the springs in said reels, spring-balances are formed for sustaining the weight of the sashes B and C. The means for attaching these sashes to their respective bands will now be described.

Between the hollow member g of the parting-strip and the solid member thereof there is provided a narrow slot 9 said slot being extended up into the body of the casing E. A U-shaped angular arm b, secured to the rear face of the stile of the sash B, projects through this slot and is provided in its lower edge with a hook I) for the reception of a loop e on the band 0 From the inner face of the stile of the rear sash 0 projects a hook c, by means of which said sash is secured to the band (5 in a manner similar to that in which the sash B is secured to its band. The arm I) and the hook 0 both extend into the hollow member of the arting-strip.

As heretofore stated? the periphery of the lower spring-reel is further removed from the parting-strip than is that of the upper reel. The purpose of this is to permit the bands of said spring-reels to be attached to their respective sashes and permit said sashes to be raised and lowered without interference between said bands, while the hollow partingstrip inclosing said bands protects them from interference or injury.

As hereinbefore explained, one of the sashes and its associated spring-reel and the connections between them might be omitted without avoiding certain characteristics of invention set forth in the claims.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, of a air of spring-balances for said sashes, said ba ances being located in a plane intermediate of the planes of the sashes with their peripheries in different vertical planes, substantially as described.

2. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, of a pair of spring-balances for said sashes located intermediate of the planes of said sashes, each balance comprising a s ringreel and a eripheral flexible band, t e peri heries of said reels being out of vertical almement, substantially as described.

3. In a window, the combination of an inner and an outer sash, of separate means for balancing each of said sashes, said means be ing located intermediate of the lanes of said sashes and interior to the jamb of the win dow, one of said balancing means being ployed.

nearer to the jamb than the other, and means for connecting said balancing means the one with the inner and the other with the outer of said sashes, substantially as described.

4. In a window, the combination of an inner and an outer sash, of a pair of spring balances intermediate of the planes of said sashes and interior to the jamb of the window, the upper of said balances being closer to said jamb than the lower, and means extending from each of said balances for connecting the one to the inner and the other to the outer of said sashes, substantially as described.

5. In a Window, of sashes, an upper and ance intermediate of the lanes of said sashes and located interior to t e jamb of the window, the u per balance being nearer said jamb than t 1e lower, and a flexible connection extending from said balances and connected to said sashes, substantially as described.

the combination of a air a lower springal- 6. In a Window, the combination of a pair.

of sashes, a hollow parting-strip between said sashes, a pair of spring-balances carried by said strip, each of said sashes being provided with an attaching device extendina within said strip, and flexible connections etween said balances and said attaching devices, said' connections being located within said hollow parting-strip, substantially as described.

7. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a hollow parting-strip between said sashes having a slot in each side thereof, a pair of spring-balances at the upper end of said strip, each having a flexible and leading therefrom, and an attaching device projecting from each of said sashes through its slot in the parting-strip and connecting with its appropriate band, substantially as describe 8. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a hollow parting-strip between said sashes having a longitudinal slot therein, a spring-balance attached to said partingstrip and projecting within the windowopening, a U-shaped arm projecting from the stile of one of said sashes and extending through the slot in the parting-strip, and a band extending from said spring-balance into the hollow parting-strip and secured to said arm, substantially as described.

9. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a hollow parting-strip between said sashes, said strip consisting of a solid member secured to the jamb of the window and an angular member spaced therefrom, means for securing the lower end of said angular member to the solid member of the strip, a casing secured to the upper portion of the angular member and to the solid member of said strip, spring-balances carried by said casing and provided with flexible connections extending into said hollow space, and means extending from said sashes into said hollow-strip for attachin the sashes to said flexible connections, su stantially as described.

10. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a hollow parting-strip therebetween, said strip consisting of a solid portion secured to the jamb of the window and an angular portion spaced from said solid portion, means for securing the lower end of said angular member tothe solid member, a casing secured to the upper end of said hollow member-and to the solid member, a pair of spring-balances carried by said casing above said angular member and each having a flexible band extending into the hollow partingstrip, and means projecting from each sash into the said hollow parting-strip for connecting such sash to its appropriate band, substantially as described.

11. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a hollow parting-strip between said sashes having a slot on each side thereof, upper and lower spring-balancesintermediate of the vertical planes of said sashes adj acent to the jamb of the window and interior thereto, the upper balance being closer to said jamb than the lower, a flexible band extending from each of said balances into the hollow parting-strip, and an attaching device carried by each of said sashes extending through the slotted portion of the hollow parting strip corresponding thereto and adapted to be connected with its appropriate band, substantially as described.

12. The combination of the window-frame jambs having parting-strips which are partly hollow, and a sliding window-sash, with a spring-balance secured to each parting-strip and projecting therefrom into the windowopening above the hollow part of said strip, the bands of said spring-balances extending downward through the hollow parting-strips, and devices secured to the stiles of the sash and projecting therefrom into said hollow parts of the parting-strips, to which said bands are secured, substantially as described.

I 13. In a window, the combination of a pair of sashes, a parting-strip therebetween, a spring-balance secured to such parting-strip and projecting into the window-space, an attaching device secured to the stile of one of the sashes, and a band extending from said spring-balance and attached to said device, substantially as described.

14. In a Window, the combination of a pair j of sashes, of a hollow parting-strip therebetween, means for balancing one of said sashes, l said means being attached to the upper portion of said hollow ing device projecting sash within said hollow parting-strip, and a connection between said device and the balancing means, said connection being within said strip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. HARP.

parting-strip, an attach- Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. KEMNEY, I FRANK DUFFIN.

from the stile of said 

